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FG Splashes $25,000 on Team Nigeria Medal Athletes and Coaches in Birmingham
Federal government in another show of proactiveness splashed $25,000 on Team Nigeria athletes who have so far won medals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development In a friendly ceremony held at the Hilton Garden in Birmingham, the athletes and their coaches were rewarded for bringing glory to fatherland.
Gold medal winners, Adijat Adenike Olarinoye and Rafiatu Folashade Lawal, received $5,000 each, while their coaches were also given $3,000 each.
Folashade won gold in the women’s 59kg weightlifting event while Adenike won gold in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event.
Taiwo Laidi, a silver medalist in the women’s 76kg Weightlifting event, received $3,000 for her effort.
For bronze medal winners, Edidiong Joseph Umaofia, Islamiyat Yusuf and Mary Osijo, they all got $2,000 each for their effort.
Gold medalist in the 59kg Women’s Weightlifting event, Folashade Lawal while speaking said “I am pleased we got rewarded even before the end of the competition, I thank the honourable Minister for Sports, Sunday Dare for his proactiveness in this regard”.
“It is quite timely for us, as this act will encourage and spur all athletes to do more. For me, I want to thank the Minster for this and I’m very excited” she said.
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Association condemns mob action against alleged LGBT group leader
By Dorcas Jonah
The leader of Landlord Association in Bwari community, Malam Ahmed Audu, has condemned the attack on the home of an alleged Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGBT) group leader, Daniel Soetan and Oluwafunmi Soetan alleged gay partner in Bwari.
Audu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bwari, Abuja, that he was not in support of LGBT, adding that the mob action was also not the best.
He said that some irate mob attacked and set ablaze the home of the LGBT leader in Bwari, FCT.
Audu described their action as unacceptable and against the law, just as LGBT was also against the law.
According to Audu, the mob, who are members of the community, accused the alleged leader of leading an unholy group of homosexuals into their community.
”We gather that news has filtered into the community that he has been hiding in the community after fleeing from a gay party in Warri, Delta, in August 2023.
”Upon unveiling the identity of the accused, the irate mob resorted to taking laws into their hands to flush him out of the community.
”The mob accused him of corrupting the psyche of their children to believe there is nothing wrong with gay and lesbianism,” he said.
Audu said that Nigeria’s anti-gay law of 2014 signed by President Goodluck Jonathan, stipulates a 14-year prison term for anyone involved in same sex relationship or marriage.
He advised the youth to allow the law to take its course rather than take the laws into their hands.
”We all know that popular tradition, religion and law in Nigeria are against homosexual, the law does not equally support jungle justice,” he said.
Audu called on the government at all levels and community leaders to protect the children of the fleeing alleged LGBT leader and his partner.
He said that the association was working with community leaders in Bwari to ensure that the situation was under control, adding that they had reported to matter to the appropriate authority.
NAN
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